Zilog Z80380 - Manual (Page 61)

UM004001-COR1103 3–11
Linking Files Linker Command Line
C OMMAND L INE S PECIFICATIONS
The following rules govern the command line specification:
• ZLD examines the named files’ content to determine the file type (object, library, or
command).
• The file names of the input files specified on the command line must be separated by
spaces or tabs.
• The commands are not case sensitive; however, command line options and symbol
names are case sensitive.
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The order of specifying options does not matter.
• The options must appear before the filenames.
• Specifying that input files use both command line and list creates a union of the two sets
of inputs that is treated as input object and library files. The linker links the file twice,
if the file names appear twice.
• During linking, the linker combines all object files in the order specified and resolves
the external references. linker searches through the library files when it is unable to
resolve references.
• A command file is a text file containing linker commands and options. Comments can
be specified by use of the “;” character.
• If the linker is unable to open a named object file, library file, or a link command file,
an error message is written to the standard error device, and the linker terminates
without linking anything.
• If an unsupported OMF type of object file is included in the <filename> list, the linker
displays an error message and terminates without linking anything.